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Trump launches new tariffs on China for wool, produce and baseball gloves

Posted: 7:07 PM, Jul 10, 2018

Updated:2018-07-10 20:07:33-04

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CNN

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<p>China on Friday accused the United States of starting "the biggest trade war in economic history" as the two sides imposed steep new tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of each other's exports.</p>

The Trump administration is readying another round of tariffs on Chinese goods worth $200 billion.

Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Tuesday released a list of additional goods that could face 10% tariffs after a public comment period. It includes seafood, fruit and vegetables, yarn, wool, rain jackets and baseball gloves.

The move comes after the United States imposed tariffs on Chinese goods worth $34 billion last Friday. Beijing immediately responded with its own tariffs on US goods worth $34 billion.

Tuesday's action makes good on a threat President Donald Trump made last month, when he directed Lighthizer to identify $200 billion in Chinese goods for tariffs if China retaliated against US penalties meant to punish China for intellectual property theft.